COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, August 17, 2021
By: , August 18, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 289 | 59,377 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 179 | 33,414 | |||
| Males | 110 | 25,960 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 6 months to 94 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 0 | 3,043 | |||
| Hanover | 6 | 1,826 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 80 | 15,957 | |||
| Manchester | 12 | 3,814 | |||
| Portland | 8 | 1,697 | |||
| St. Ann | 13 | 4,186 | |||
| St. Catherine | 38 | 11,154 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 7 | 2,492 | |||
| St. James | 31 | 5,796 | |||
| St. Mary | 0 | 1,834 | |||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 2,244 | |||
| Trelawny | 11 | 1,967 | |||
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Westmoreland |
83 | 3,367 | |||
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
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Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL | |
| POSITIVES Today
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235 | 26 | 28 | 289 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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52,984 | 3,421 | 2,972 | 59,377 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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588 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 251 | 839 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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300,021 | 164,493 | 464,514 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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823 | 26 | 279 | 1,128 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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353,005 | 3,421 | 167,465 | 523,891 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 30.7% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 19* | 1,339 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
1 | 170 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 2 | 112 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
30 | 47,570 | |||
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Active Cases |
10,095 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 4 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 40,197 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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494 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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111 | ||||
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Patients Critically Ill |
32 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 9 | ||||
| Home | 9,518 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 1 | 2,852 | |||
| Imported | 0 | 1,077 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 2 922 | |||
| Under Investigation | 288 | 52,290 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 12-16, 2021)
- A 57-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- A 66-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- A 50-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- A 75-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- A 47-year-old Female from Westmoreland
- A 64-year-old Female from Westmoreland
- A 65-year-old Female from Westmoreland
- A 67-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 94-year-old Female from St. Ann
- An 83-year-old Male from St. Ann
- A 77-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- A 77-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 52-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 58-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- A 44-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 65-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
- A 58-year-old Female from St. James
- A 39-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 63-year-old Female from Hanover
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing